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CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. Developmental Planning
3. Development Plan
3.1 The need
3.2 Aim of development plan
3.3 Elements of development plan

4. Procedure for preparation of a development plan

5. Plan Implementation
6. Public Participation

7. General guidelines of a development plan

7.1 Historic Setting
7.2 The Land
7.3 The People
7.4 Physical Setting
7.5 Physical Infrastructure
7.6 Social Infrastructure

8. Factors to be considered in a development plan

9. Administrative structure of planning

9.1 NITI Aayog
9.2 National Development Council (NDC)
9.3 State Planning Board

10. Types of development Plan

10.1National Development Plan
10.1.1 Perspective Plan
10.1.2 Five Years Plan
10.1.3 Annual Plan
10.2Regional Development Plan
10.3City Development Plan
10.4Zonal / Area Development Plan
10.5Local Area Development Plan
10.6Sectoral Development Plan

11. References

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1. INTRODUCTION

Development is a process that creates growth, progress, positive change or the addition of physical, economic,
environmental, social and demographic components. The purpose of development is a rise in the level and
quality of life of the population, and the creation or expansion of local regional income and employment
opportunities, without damaging the resources of the environment. Development is visible and useful, not
necessarily immediately, and includes an aspect of quality change and the creation of conditions for a
continuation of that change.

A multitude of meanings is attached to the idea of development; the term is complex, contested, ambiguous,
and elusive. An important point to emphasize is that development is a political term: it has a range of meanings
that depend on the context in which the term is used, and it may also be used to reflect and to justify a variety
of different agendas held by different people or organisations. The idea of development articulated by the
World Bank, for instance, is very different from that promoted by Greenpeace activists. This point has
important implications for the task of understanding sustainable development, because much of the confusion
about the meaning of the term 'sustainable development' arises because people hold very different ideas about
the meaning of 'development'.

Another important point is that development is a process rather than an outcome: it is dynamic in that it
involves a change from one state or condition to another. Ideally, such a change is a positive one - an
improvement of some sort (for instance, an improvement in maternal health). Furthermore, development is
often regarded as something that is done by one group (such as a development agency) to another (such as rural
farmers in a developing country). Again, this demonstrates that development is a political process, because it
raises questions about who has the power to do what to whom.

But development is not simply about the interactions between human groups; it also involves the natural
environment. So, from another point of view, development is about the conversion of natural resources into
cultural resources.

In short, “Development is a process of enhancement of quality of life through production, provision and
utilization of goods and services with people choice and environmental sustainability”.

2. DEVELOPMENTAL PLANNING
The process of organizing resources, people and their activities over space and time to achieve some
objectives. Basically development planning refers to the strategic measurable goals that a person, organization
or community plans to meet within a certain amount of time. Usually the development plan includes time-
based benchmarks. It generally also includes the criteria that will be used to evaluate whether or not the goals
were actually met. Various levels, types, scale and aspects of development planning are:

› National Development Planning.

› Regional Development Planning.
› Urban Development Planning.

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› Zonal Development Planning.

› Site Planning (project).

3. DEVELOPMENT PLAN
“A development plan is a document which details the overall strategy of the council for the proper
planning and sustainable development of an area and generally consists of a written statement and
accompanying maps”. The plan usually includes the broad aims of the council for specific topics, e.g.
housing, infrastructure, community facilities which are reinforced by more detailed policies and objectives.

3.1 The Need

A human settlement is a living organism. It has an origin, growth, decay and regrowth. It is not a static but
dynamic entity. The settlement is subjected to various types of forces like physical, social, economic and
political, which influence its forms and structure. It is necessary to channelize these forces in a planned manner
to create the total environment; which is healthy, efficient and satisfying for working, living and recreation.
The development is an instrument to achieve these objectives.

The city is a corporate entity. The local government of the city has a great deal of influence on the nature,
extent and manner of development of the city. The various utilities, services and facilities provided by the
Centre, State and Local Governments affect the urban environment. The local government has to co-ordinate
the various decisions which affect the physical development of the community. The local government needs
some technical guidelines in making its decisions. It requires a legal and technical instrument for short term
and long term policies, programmes and strategies for the orderly development of the community. The
Development Plan provides such an instrument.

3.2 Aim of Development Plan

It is basically a policy document. It provides the basis for a programme to accomplish certain aims and
objectives; and to satisfy the aspirations of the community. The plan should aim;

 To create an environment which is functional, efficient, healthy and aesthetically satisfying for human
activities.

 To promote the larger interests of the community as a whole.

 To serve as a policy framework to fulfill the needs and aspirations of the community.

 To co-ordinate the physical, economical, social and political forces that govern the structure of the
community and the technical means to regulate it.

 To regulate long-term and short-term action programmes with a view to injecting long-term
considerations into short-term actions.

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3.3 Elements of a Development Plan

There seems to be no agreement among the planners regarding the scope of the development plan, whether it
should encompass all aspects of the community and its development and redevelopment or it should be
confining itself only to those aspects which have a direct bearing on physical development. However, a broader
scope for planning seems to be inevitable and a stress on inter-disciplinary approach is necessary. The basic
elements of a development plan are:

• Landuse: The developmental plan should indicate areas designated for residential, commercial,
industrial, socio-cultural, recreational, administrative, and other uses.

• Circulation: The roads, streets, railways, waterways, airways, terminal facilities, transit systems etc.
for the movement of people, goods and services.

• Utilities, services and facilities: The developmental plan should indicates the desirable location, size
and other particulars regarding public utilities like water supply, sewerage and power, and other
services.

• Civic design: The developmental plan should depict the design of important elements of the city like
civic centre, the central business district, shopping centres and cultural areas.

• Open spaces: The developmental plan indicates the location and extent of desirable open spaces for
parks, playgrounds, stadiums, gardens, crematoria etc.

4. PROCEDURE FOR PREPARATION OF A DEVELOPMENT PLAN

The preparation of a development plan takes considerable time ranging about a year for a small town to about
two to three years in case of a medium sized town. The actual period will depend upon the area and size of the
community, the staff and funds available. “Interim Development Plan’ is prepared to avoid land speculation
and undesirable developments during the initial period, when the development plan is under preparation.

There are several methods suggested for getting the plan prepared. Some of the methods normally followed for
the preparation are:

 Planning department of the local government: Some believe that the planning department of the
local government is best suited to prepare the plan as it is familiar with the problems and potentials of
its community. It has the extra advantage of combining both plan making and plan implementing
functions.
 Specialized Planning Organization: Some feel that the plan should not be prepared and also executed
by the same organization to avoid preconceived ideas and prejudices. They also fear that the local body
cannot effectively resist local pressure from vested interests. They suggest that a specialized and
independent ‘Planning Authority’ should prepare the plan.

 A Consultant: Many cities do not have the capacity to undertake the complex task of preparing a plan.
They find it convenient to engage a consultant to prepare the plan within the broad framework of
policies and guidelines determined by the concerned authority.

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 State Town Planning Department: In most developing countries like India, the Town Planning
Department of the State Government prepares the plan for the Planning Authority.

There are several other ways of getting the plan prepared. Whatever may be the method, the importance of
securing active public participation in all the stages of the planning process indicates the desirability of making
the local government serve as an instrument of planning.

5. PLAN IMPLEMENTATION
Plan making and plan implementation are inseparable. The tools for the realization of the plan should be built
into the plan as integral parts of the process of planning. Several cities have more than one plan, but few of
them are systematically implemented. The failure of the plan is often due to the lack of support in the form of
appropriate land policies and town planning legislation. Some of the plans have not been backed by the zoning
regulations, improved building bye-laws, sub-division regulations, fiscal programmes and long-term budgets.

6. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
The success of the plan depends on the active participation and co-operation of the people. Planning agencies
have a vital concern with citizen reaction to planning proposals because ultimately the plans are realized by the
people through their various building activities. A wide range of voluntary organizations and institutions such
as youth clubs, colony associations, chambers of commerce, women councils and professional bodies may be
involved in the planning process. The mass media such as newspapers, journals, radio, television and cinema
can be effective in educating the public on civic problems and planning. Town planning exhibitions can also
serve as a useful means of communicating planning ideas and stimulating public interest. Well presented
monographs, booklets, handouts, pamphlets, manuals, guides etc. go a long way in stimulating civic interest in
planning.

7. GENERAL GUIDELINES OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN

7.1 Historic Setting:

i. The origin and growth of the city.
ii. Significant landmarks in its evolution.
iii. The historical and cultural heritage of the people and their values, attitudes and aspirations.

7.2 The Land:

i. The city in the regional, state and national contexts.
ii. The city in its geographical setting. Location, terrain, vegetation, rainfall, temperature, humidity
and wind direction and velocity.
iii. Physical extent of the city and its urban form.
iv. The geological conditions, nature of soils and building materials available locally.

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7.3 The People:

i. Trends in the growth of population of the city.
ii. Present population characteristics like age structure, sex ratio, literacy, education levels, religious
sects, occupation pattern, employment, wages, vital statistics, marriage and fertility rates.
iii. Family and household size.
iv. Trends in the migration to and from the city, its causes and consequences.
v. Population projections, demographic characteristics and density pattern.

7.4 Physical Setting:

i. The extent of government and private land, which is vacant, developed and developable.
ii. Present landuse and its analysis for various uses like residential, commercial, industrial,
administrative, recreational, roads etc.
iii. The structure of the central area of the city, its problems and potentials.
iv. Assessment of future land requirements of the city and its land values.
v. The housing situations in the city. The existing housing stock, its quantitative and qualitative
assessment. Types of dwellings, size, occupation ratio, structural condition, repair and maintenance,
types of construction, local building materials, architectural design, ownership, rents and taxes,
future housing needs.
vi. Slum improvement, its scope and limitations.
vii. Urban image, its aesthetics and landscape.

7.5 Physical Infrastructure:

i. Traffic and Transportation System
› The existing networks of roads and streets in the city, its functional classification, hierarchy, road
geometry etc.
› Existing number of vehicles in the city, its types and trends.
› Movement of people, goods and services, intra-city and inter-city flow of passengers, goods traffic
by highways and railways, correlation between landuse and traffic.
› Flow of vehicular traffic, traffic volume, composition, directions, speed and other variables.
› Origin – destination surveys, delays ad accident surveys.
› Parking survey, demands, indices, deficiencies, projections etc.
› Mass transportation availability in the city.
› Traffic regulation and control.
› Terminal facilities like motor parks, bus depots, railway stations etc.
› Projection of traffic volume for the next 20 years.
› Proposals to improve road geometry, traffic flow and outline circulation plan.

ii. Water Supply

› The sources of water, its quantity, quality, per capita consumption, demand, supply and deficiency.
› Water filtration, storage and distribution system.
› Estimation of future requirement of water for civic, domestic, commercial and industrial purposes.

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iii. Drainage, sewerage and solid waste disposal

› Existing drains, septic tanks, gradients, flow, outfall points, composition of sullage, water pollution
etc.
› Solid wastes both organic and inorganic, dumping grounds etc.
› Need for comprehensive sewerage scheme.

7.6 Social Infrastructure

i. Education Facilities
› Existing schools, colleges and other educational institutions in the city, their types, numbers,
location, spatial and structural conditions, sphere of influence, facilities and deficiencies.
› Correlation between population, density and number of existing schools.
› Future requirements of education facilities and desirable locations.
› Adult literacy.

ii. Health Facilities

› Common ailments in the city and surrounding area, number of in-patients and others treated for
various ailments.
› Existing medical and health hospitals, clinics and nursing homes, their types, numbers, location,
condition of sites, buildings, land availability for present and future needs, accessibilities and
deficiencies.
› Estimation of the future need and proposals.
› Medical facilities for specialized treatments.
› Availability of veterinary hospitals and their needs.

iii. Recreation Facilities

› Present status of parks, playgrounds and other open spaces, clubs, hotels, cinema halls, auditoriums,
community centres, fairs and festival grounds and their location, size, quality, utilization and other
related issues.
› Needs for the next 20 years and location with respect to other landuse elements.

iv. Cultural Facilities

› Existing libraries, museums, churches, mosques and other socio-cultural institutions and their
numbers, location, accessibility, utilization and patronage.
› Present deficiencies, future needs and location with respect to residential and other areas.

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8. FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED IN A DEVELOPMENT PLAN

The following factors to be taken into consideration in the Development Plans of the cities:

a. Urban population growth cannot be prevented, it must be planned and accommodated.

b. The form of cities is determined by individuals and organizations rather than by government. Private
sector will continue to play dominant role in city development.
c. There are certain limitations on the abilities of government to intervene effectively in the urban
development. Government interventions have produced unintended and undesirable results in many
cases. A more realistic approach would be to distinguish between the need for government intervention
and private sector encouragement in the development of the cities.
d. A more realistic affordable standards of services for the poor should be derived and adopted.
e. The planning process cannot be a sequence of survey-plan-action. These stages need to be pursued
concurrently. Plans need to be flexible and incremental rather than rigid.
f. The limited abilities of planning author to enforce regulatory systems of development control should be
realized. Hence, there is a need to identify alternative ways of land development like developing
infrastructure.
g. Plan should taken into consideration the political agendas and political processes within which an
implementable plan programme must be developed.

9. ADMINISRATIVE STRUCTURE OF PLANNING

9.1 NITI Aayog ( Formerly Planning Commission)

The Government has replaced Planning Commission with a new institution named NITI Aayog (National
Institution for Transforming India). A cabinet Resolution issued today gave details of the new
institutions. The institutional framework of government has developed and matured over the years. This has
allowed the development of domain expertise which allows us the chance to increase the specificity of
functions given to institutions. Specific to the planning process, there is a need to separate as well as energize
the distinct ‘process’ of governance from the ‘strategy’ of governance.

In the context of governance structures, the changed requirements of our country, point to the need for setting
up an institution that serves as a Think Tank of the government – a directional and policy dynamo. The
proposed institution has to provide governments at the central and state levels with relevant strategic and
technical advice across the spectrum of key elements of policy. This includes matters of national and
international import on the economic front, dissemination of best practices from within the country as well as
from other nations, the infusion of new policy ideas and specific issue-based support. The institution has to be
able to respond to the changing and more integrated world that India is part of.

An important evolutionary change from the past will be replacing a centre-to-state one-way flow of policy by a
genuine and continuing partnership with the states. The institution must have the necessary resources,
knowledge, skills and, ability to act with speed to provide the strategic policy vision for the government as well
as deal with contingent issues.

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Perhaps most importantly, the institution must adhere to the tenet that while incorporating positive influences
from the world, no single model can be transplanted from outside into the Indian scenario. We need to find our
own strategy for growth. The new institution has to zero in on what will work in and for India. It will be a
Bharatiya approach to development.

The institution to give life to these aspirations is the NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India).
This is being proposed after extensive consultation across the spectrum of stakeholders including inter
alia state governments, domain experts and relevant institutions. The NITI Aayog will work towards the
following objectives:

a. To evolve a shared vision of national development priorities, sectors and strategies with the active
involvement of States in the light of national objectives. The vision of the NITI Aayog will then
provide a framework ‘national agenda’ for the Prime Minister and the Chief Ministers to provide
impetus to.
b. To foster cooperative federalism through structured support initiatives and mechanisms with the States
on a continuous basis, recognizing that strong States make a strong nation.
c. To develop mechanisms to formulate credible plans at the village level and aggregate these
progressively at higher levels of government.
d. To ensure, on areas that are specifically referred to it, that the interests of national security are
incorporated in economic strategy and policy.
e. To pay special attention to the sections of our society that may be at risk of not benefitting adequately
from economic progress.
f. To design strategic and long term policy and programme frameworks and initiatives, and monitor their
progress and their efficacy. The lessons learnt through monitoring and feedback will be used for
making innovative improvements, including necessary mid-course corrections.
g. To provide advice and encourage partnerships between key stakeholders and national and international
like-minded Think Tanks, as well as educational and policy research institutions.
h. To create a knowledge, innovation and entrepreneurial support system through a collaborative
community of national and international experts, practitioners and other partners.
i. To offer a platform for resolution of inter-sectoral and inter-departmental issues in order to accelerate
the implementation of the development agenda.
j. To maintain a state-of-the-art Resource Centre, be a repository of research on good governance and
best practices in sustainable and equitable development as well as help their dissemination to stake-
holders.
k. To actively monitor and evaluate the implementation of programmes and initiatives, including the
identification of the needed resources so as to strengthen the probability of success and scope of
delivery.
l. To focus on technology upgradation and capacity building for implementation of programmes and
initiatives.
m. To undertake other activities as may be necessary in order to further the execution of the national
development agenda, and the objectives mentioned above.

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The NITI Aayog will comprise the following:

Prime Minister of India as the Chairperson.

› Governing Council comprising the Chief Ministers of all the States and Lt. Governors of Union
Territories.
› Regional Councils will be formed to address specific issues and contingencies impacting more than one
state or a region. These will be formed for a specified tenure. The Regional Councils will be convened
by the Prime Minister and will comprise of the Chief Ministers of States and Lt. Governors of Union
Territories in the region. These will be chaired by the Chairperson of the NITI Aayog or his nominee.
› Experts, specialists and practitioners with relevant domain knowledge as special invitees nominated by
the Prime Minister.

The full-time organizational framework will comprise of, in addition to the Prime Minister as the Chairperson:

 Vice-Chairperson: To be appointed by the Prime Minister.

 Members: Full-time.
 Part-time members: Maximum of 2 from leading universities research organizations and other relevant
institutions in an ex-officio capacity. Part time members will be on a rotational basis.
 Ex Officio members: Maximum of 4 members of the Union Council of Ministers to be nominated by
the Prime Minister.
 Chief Executive Officer: To be appointed by the Prime Minister for a fixed tenure, in the rank of
Secretary to the Government of India.
 Secretariat as deemed necessary.

9.2 National Developmental Council (NDC)

› National Development Council of India was constituted on 6th August 1952. The Prime Minister of
India is the Chairman of NDC and the secretary to the Planning Commission is also the secretary of
NDC.
› NDC is also a non-statutory body.
› NDC approves the five-year plan. After its final approval only.
› NDC also evaluates National Planning from time to time.

Objectives of National Development Council:NDC has been set up with the following objectives:

a. To strengthen and mobilize the effort and resources of the nation in support of the Plan.
b. To promote common economic policies in all vital spheres and
c. To ensure the balanced and rapid development of all parts of the country.

Functions of National Development Council: The duties of the NDC are:

a. To prescribe guidelines for the formulation of the National Plan, including the assessment of resources
for the Plan.
b. To consider the National Plan as formulated by the Planning Commission.

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c. To assess the resources that are required for implementing the plan, to suggest measures for
augmenting them.
d. To consider important questions of social and economic policy affecting national development.
e. To review the working of the Plan from time to time and to recommend such measures as are necessary
for achieving the aims and targets set out in the National Plan.

9.3 State Planning Board

It is the Apex Planning body at State Level with Chief Minister as Chairman, Finance and Planning Ministers
of the state and some technical members.

Functions of State Planning Board are:

a. The Board will periodically review the working of the Planning and Development Organisation in the
State and make recommendations to the State Government with a view to ensure comprehensive
functional and integrated multi-level Planning and development machinery in the State.
b. The Board may consult the Minister-in-charge of the respective State Government Departments for
matters relating to these departments in taking final decision in these matters, and may also invite the
Ministers concerned to the meetings of the Board as and when necessary.
c. All decisions and recommendations of the Board shall have to be submitted to the Cabinet for approval.
d. The Planning & Co-ordination Department will be the Administrative Department of the Board
e. To make an assessment of the State resources and formulate plans for the most effective and balanced
utilisation these resources.
f. To determine plan priorities of the State within the framework of the priorities of the National Plan.
g. To assist district authorities in formulating their development plans within the spheres in which such
planning is considered useful and feasible and to coordinate these plans with the State Plan.
h. To identify factors which tend to retard economic and social development of the State and determine
conditions to be established for successful execution of the plans.
i. To review and evaluate the progress of implementation of the Plan Programmes and recommend such
adjustments in policies and measures as the review may indicate.

10.TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT PLANS

Development plans are categorized into the six types according to the levels it is meant for:

1. National Development Plan

2. Regional Development Plan
3. City Development Plan
4. Zonal Development Plan
5. Local / Area Development Plan
6. Sectoral Development Plan

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10.1National Development Plan

Aims at Social welfare through Economic Growth, full Employment, Equity and Social justice. It is of mainly
three types:

10.1.1 Perspective Plan

Purpose :

› To indicate the desired directions of economic activities.

› To serve as pointers in formulating the operational targets that go into five year plans.

The perspective plan formulated along two principal lines :

› The part that deals with the overall strategy; also indicates the magnitude and type of resource
mobilization that will be called for as well as with the question of external financing that may be
necessary.

› The other and more detailed part dealing with projected developments in a number of key sectors of the
economy which have significant backward and forward linkages. Once, key sectors are laid, the
perspective plan also tries to indicate a certain time phasing of activities that will be called for if these
objectives are to be realized.

10.1.2 Five Years Plans

From 1947 to 2017, the Indian economy was premised on the concept of planning. This was carried through
the Five-Year Plans, developed, executed, and monitored by the Planning Commission (1951 - 2014) and
the NITI Aayog (2015 - 2017). With the Prime Minister as the ex-officio Chairman, the commission has a
nominated Deputy Chairman, who holds the rank of a Cabinet Minister. Montek Singh Ahluwalia is the last
Deputy Chairman of the Commission (resigned on 26 May 2014). The Eleventh Plan completed its term in
March 2012 and the Twelfth Plan is currently underway. Prior to the Fourth Plan, the allocation of state
resources was based on schematic patterns rather than a transparent and objective mechanism, which led to the
adoption of the Gadgil formula in 1969. Revised versions of the formula have been used since then to
determine the allocation of central assistance for state plans. The new government led by Narendra Modi,
elected in 2014, has announced the dissolution of the Planning Commission, and its replacement by a think
tank called the NITI Aayog (an acronym for National Institution for Transforming India).

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10.1.3 Annual Plan

10.2Regional Development Plan

Aims at organising population, economy, resources and mobility over regional space.

Contents of Regional Development Plan

› Physical setting, settlement pattern

› Infrastructure resources

› Transport

› Environment and sustainability

› Regional Policy and development strategy

› Regional Land use

› Disaster Management Plan

› Implementation Strategies and Management Structure.

10.3City Development Plan

Aims at orderly development of city for its efficient functioning & enhancement of quality of life.A
coordinated act of planning proposals, for the physical development of a city, via the purposeful transformation
of its socio-economic, natural and built environment, taking into consideration the existing requirements and
the future needs, with population as the basic parameter.

Main functions of City Development Plan

› To develop the town or city as a combined unit and maintain a balance b/w the spatial allocations for
the distribution of facilities.
› Formulation of policies for the development of the town/city, aiming at the decentralisation of city
centre.
› Presenting broad circulation links, for inter-city & intra-city traffic and a multi modal mass transport
system.
› Preservation of the natural features of the city.
› Division of the city in sub-divisions or zones.

10.4Zonal / Area Development Plan

Aims at evolving efficient activities and space relationship through layouts and spatial details.

Contents of a Zonal Development Plan

› Land use plan confirming to the master plan.

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› Location and extent of land uses.

› More detailed circulation pattern.

› Special objectives of the zone (if any).

› Allocation of use zones into further use premises.

Functions of a Zonal Development Plan

› A zonal development plan details out and elaborates the policies of the master plan.

› Acts as a link between the master plan and the layout plans.

› Contains a land-use plan for the development of the zone and show the approximate locations and
extents of land-uses proposed in the zone.

› The schemes and layout plans indicating land use should confirm to the master plan.

10.5Local Area Development Plan

A Local Area Plan (LAP) sets out a strategy for the proper planning and sustainable development of a specific
area within a local authority and for a timescale as specified by the authority.

Contents of a Local Area Development Plan

› Land use zoning & density.

› Public open space.

› Private open space.

› Car parking.

› Provision of infrastructure.

› Conservation of built heritage.

› Conservation of natural environment.

› Provision of traveller accommodation.

› Community facilities.

› Design & development standards.

Functions of a local area plan

› It gives plot level detail.

› It is also used to check if the master plan is confirming with land.

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10.6Sectoral Development Plan

A sector plan consists of a group of neighborhoods where it is possible to provide higher order facilities for
larger population.

Contents of a Sector Development Plan

› It is a detailed site plan with broad identification of residential clusters.

› Allocation of commercial areas and other facilities based on access requirement.

› Formation of a boundary depending on circulation pattern and administrative setup.

› Social and physical infrastructure to be allocated based on development control norms laid down in
master plan.

› Traffic links to be identified between arterials and collector roads.

Functions of a Sector Development Plan

› Each sector plan has to identify the various neighborhoods with population ranging from 3500-15000.

› It is the lowest level plan for the implementation of the various levels of planning proposals extensively
detailed out.

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http://www.itpi.org.in/pdfs/07_01.pdf

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https://countydevelopmentplan.meath.ie/2011/02/28/whatisadevelopmentplanwhyisitimpo
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https://planningtank.com/development-plan/scope-purpose-of-perspective-plan-as-per-
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